The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1969

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Thi i a call .... l f ~ eoaration fr n1 all darkne ,.. of • thi \\ rld-age: ocial, philo ophical, e le ia tical. Paul av we are "ca1led'' ., aint ( A. leitoi ) . Rom. l : 7. The word .. ~aint ·· ( !1agiois) e entiallj' refer t that \\ hich i hallowed et apart. eparated to G d a exclu ivel)' H i o,, n particular po e ion - to be called apart from all that do·e not , enerate and honor H im. It has to do ,, ith directio11. The true Chri,.,tian 1s ,,n ,, h ) e cl ire ti )tl ()I Ii fc is ,v t1 t II , t t,,, ,• r 1 t h l' I l, 1 t 1 ) r J! t() 1 , . ( 5 T 11 t~ a 11 l r l11 ' ' I 11 l \ t I an i s t() f<·llr. "s/1i1 "it /1 l1r1st: I (JI' I : , .. , I is faitl1ft1l. tl1rot1gt1 \\' 11 111 ... ' 'l'l'C <,1//(:t/ (el,leitl1ei1c) int tl1c fcl- ll)\\ l1111 0f 11 1" \ t1n Jc,t1, hr 1,t our l l,lli." 101111 tell·, ti, tl1at lrttl\ t1r I 'lit)\\ l11i) 1 \\rtlh tl1c -4a lhcr '"and , , 1 t l1 11 i\ . 11 J c tt \ h rt t" ( I J n. I ~). Tl1c \\ Orll Hfcllo,v hip" (/..oi11- r>11it1) ticpict a joint-r artici patio n in th\; t1111c thing. a haring together of the an1c intere t . partaking in a con1- 111 n int re·;t and intimacv. We ca nnot har thi i ntin1acy of Chri t a nd re– tain connection with contrary in– tere t . The Chri tian life i a lif ... that '·j hid with hri t in God' ( o]. 3:2) . It i a hame that o n1an)' profe,, ed believer in i t o n ren1aining in a n unequal yoke of :1 ociation with o much that i un– becon1ing to Chri t and all H e ha to hare with His own. ( 6) The call o,f the Chri tian is clo ely a·-- ociated with suffering: I Peter 2 : 21 tell u that "hereunto were ye called ( ekleitheite) .' ' Paul tate that it i "given" to u not only to believe on Chri t but al o ' to uffer fo r Hi ~ake" (Phil . 1: 29). Suffering for Christ ake - what– ever thi may mean and involve for each of us i an integral part of ,t1r call. 1\ncl tl1i s is so r11ctl1i11g which 111 nn , hristians t lc1 not ·,c ·m t pro- 1 cr 1 )' l t n cl c rs t an cl. (7) 'l 'hc cal l t)f the hri tian is cl11 cclly rclatrecl to <111/)1: th is c pccially r11t1 st not l1c ovcrlo keel. hr istians arc chargccl to "wa lk wort hy f tf,, c<1lli11~ ( te;-; 1': lei\e<>.\) with wh ich ye arc cr,ll e<I (ekl<. 1 i1/1eite). JJh . 4: I ; anll that we "walk worthy of God lVlt<> /1c1t/1 ct1/le<I ( tn11 kct!(Jlt/1/0\) yot1 into Hi kingdom and glory" I he ~. 2: t 2). f oreover ad's call i a ca ll not to ''L1ncleannec;5''. but to "holine ~, ( !1a{?;as11zos), which i~ anctificat ion. Th i·.; mean d11ty. It mean~ livi ng an ordered life, ad– ju ted and regulated to the command f God. It i omething which, by ou r li ve5 - obedient, becoming. ex– emplary, dutiful - we ever strive to make ecure ( II Peter I: 10). A William Barclay ugge t , we have re– ceived from God what we did not de erve no t even remotely - and which we can never repay. o for that very rea on we are bound to pend all our energy and trength and all our life in one great determ– ined endeavor to h ow how grateful we are for the gift which we never d er:-erved . In thi way we are duty– bound , even before we are ever mad~ aware of the many imper:itives in the V\ 1 ord of God... oving Ahead At Goulais Bay! The Fred Norlin Family A little over a year ago your editor had the privilege of n1ini tering in some of the mis ion churches establi~hed b) mi ionaries under Hiawatha Bapti t Missions. During 011r vi·~it into northern Iichigan, we went into Canada and sa,v their ~ork at Goulais Bay. At that time. the folk there ~ere meeting in a very old bt1ild1ng. The~r \\,ere, ho,\ e\ er, digging out a foundation to establish a ne,,· edifice. We how here the completed building. It i a thing of beaut 1·. The exciting thlng about it all i that the church complete ( including pews and pulpit) cost in the neighborhood of only $1O 000. eed– le to a 1 1 • at uch a price much of the work was volun– teer labor. Other H.B.M. mi ionaries along with the men of the Goulai church joined together to bring 14 SEPTEMBER, 1669 Goulais Bay Baptist Church about the finished tructure. r- Writing concerning their new building, Mi~ ionary P astor Fred orlin say . . . "When we came here almo t four years ago we had to meet in an old garage which wa remodeled. It was fine for our ervice excepting that it wa so cold in the winter month . Our great prob– lem was not having place for unday School cl~ses. To meet this need we had to use our hou e, the woodshed, the S. S. bus and even our Carryall! Our Sunday School no,v numbers 70. We have had a high of 83 and are lowly but t1rely continuing to grow. ' We ugge t that if you ever get into northern Michigan to be ure to drive over into Canada and ee the church at Got1lais Bay! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST